How many "mulligans" do you give a brewery?

It depends on the track record, sure, but, more importantly, the ability to give a mulligan also depends on the intensity of the shot (is the ball hit onto another fairway's water hazard or is it in the rough of the right fairway?) If it's the first beer I tried by the brewery, and I really don't like it, I'd need a very, very good reason to give another try. I had a bad experience (tasted not unlike bile) with River Horse's Tripel Horse, the first I tried from this brewery, and have no reason to give them another try. I had a few good beers by Terrapin over the years, but Midnight Monk gave me headache, though I liked the taste, and that was followed by Black is the New Wit, which I didn't think was too special. That's two mulligans so, I'm waiting for something that would really excite me to get over the last two experiences.

 

You have to give most really good breweries lots of mulligans..a lot of brewing is trial and error, thinking outside the box and experimenting..not everything is going to work..just like life.

 

I had to look it up. (mulligans. I also had to look up filby but that is another matter.) Did they do their best? If so,they can only improve. So then yes, mulligans to them.

 

I generally know beers that I don't want to try. Today, I tried 2 English ales from Hobson's; Manor Ale No. 1, and Town Crier No. 2. I dumped the Manor Ale, it was all burnt rubber, bad medicinal cough syrup goop. The Town Crier No. 2 is a delightful English Pale Ale, crisp, clean, and incredibly easy to drink. 50% keeps me curious about this brewery.

 

A couple, if that.

IMO, if a brewery has the balls to start barrel aging right out the gates, start a reserve society right away, and start producing crazy/unique stuff, but they can't produce a solid pale ale or IPA, I'm turned off.

Gotta walk before you run. That being said, I've never had any bad beer from the brewers who've been doing this for decades...looking @ you, Firestone/victory/Brooklyn/ballast point etc.

 

I will try anything once. From Budwieser to my dad's garage if there is a new beer ill try it.

 

I'll always try a beer that looks good. You never know when you might find a new staple.

 

I think it really depends what type of mulligan we're talking about.

For example: Pipeworks releases some dynamite beers, but a lot of their "randomly" flavored ones tend to be underwhelming, or just don't taste particularly distinct. I've had about enough of said beers, but I will certainly still seek out the more traditional stuff that they do well (for example, I just tried The Lizard King on Wed., which is like a Mosaic version of Zombie Dust).

If we're talking about breweries doing types of beers that I'm just not that into, it's more my fault than it is theirs, so I don't blame them. So if a brewery releases a Black IPA and I don't like it, I don't count it against them, because I've never met a BIPA that I didn't think would be better without the roast (closest was the Surly-FFF Collab Blakkr, but still would've been a better DIPA, I think).

 

There are several breweries beers I haven't bought in a few years. Mostly because the few I had were average or below average and no need to revisit. Have I written them off entirely? No, if something new comes out with good ratings and some buzz I'll always give it a try. However, something new that is an uninspiring style for me, I'll probably pass for something that seems like a safer bet from another brewery I have better track record with.

 

My local startups, I'll keep visiting from time to time regardless of quality of the beers I've had previously, but that is just more for the brewery site visit experience, seeing something new on their website taplist and some hope for a 1 hit wonder.

 

If it's a brewery i've never had before, you get one maybe two chances and that's it. For a brewery that i've had a good personal track record, couple of times but even then i can lose patience lol.

 

I think Stone is over-hyped and over-rated. I think I just committed blasphemy or something like it .

 

I have NEVER thought of beer in this way. I may eventually lose interest, but I haven't written a brewery off completely.

That's also not to say I don't ignore many breweries anyways, even after trying (and not liking) them. I haven't told myself I'll never buy a breweries beer again, I just don't want it. I may want to try something later, just not now (maybe even a very long time).